Adjustable striker for doors



June 13, 1933. J. H. HARWARD ADJUSTABLE STRIKER FOR DOORS Filed Aug. 18,1932 M M /vw w H fl H /W a a u Patented June 13, 1933 nm'rss staresPATENT OFFICE JOHN H. HARWARD, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS ADJUSTABLESTRIKER'FOR DOORS Application filed August 18, 1932. Serial No. 629,289.

This invention relates to strikers for the latches of automobile doorsand more particularly to strikers of the type which are adapted foradjustment to take up wear so that rattling of the door may beprevented.

Strikers for the latches of automobile doors, which are usuallyemployed, are provided with a main and a supplemental abutment forengagement with the latch, the

tightly closed and the second as a safety catch, the exact location ofthe latter not being essential. l/Vhen originally installed the mainabutment is usually correctly located, but after a time the latch andthe abutment are likely to become worn, so that the door rattles. Theadjustment necessary to compensate for this wear is usually slight, and,as these strikers are usually held in position 7 by screws, it is notusually practical to secure the necessary adjustment by forming newscrew holes in the door casing. Also, if the holes for the screws in thestriker plate are slotted to permit adjustment, and such adjustment ismade, the frictional engagement of the plate and screws is unlikely tobe sufficient to prevent movement of the plate by use.

, The objects of my invention are to pro vide a simple form of strikerplate whlch is adapted for ready adjustment to take up wear on itsengaging surfaces with the latch and which, when adjusted, will be heldrigidly in its adjusted position, so that it will not be moved from itsadjusted position by use.

I accomplish these objects by means of the construction hereinafterdescribed and illustrated' in the accompanying drawing in which I Flg. 1is a sectional view of a door and casing showing a striker plate,embodying my lnvention.

justed position of the device.

first for the purpose of holding the door sidewill be flush with theface 16.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing an ad- Fig. 3 is a view of the top sideof the device.

sides and the'vertical face of the abutment 13 being adapted to engagethe latch 9 when the door is not quite fully closed.

Round holes 12 and 13, to whichscrews 14 and 15, respectively arefitted, are formedthroughthe plate, in the abutments 12 and 13respectively and said screws are extended into the door casing to holdthe plate securely in position.

The bottom side of the plate 11 is provided with a flat face 16 whichextends from the outer end of the plate inwardly for nearly'the lengthof the abutment portion l8, and the inner portion of the bottom of theplate is recessedfrom said face to its inner end, to receive asupplemental adjusting plate 17, the thickness of which is equal to thedepth of said recess, so that, when plate 17 is in position therein, itsbottom The bottom surface of the recess in plate 11 and the top side ofthe plate 17 which engagesthe same are provided with trans- --verseiyextending interengaging corrugations, or teeth 18,19, and the inner endof the plate 17 is provided with an abutment ,flange 20, which extendsat right angles therefrom and, in the position of initial adjustment ofthe parts, is held in engagement with the innerend of the plate 11, asshown in Figs. 1, 3 and 7 in which position the inner side of saidflange engages the latch 9 and holds the door in its fully closedposition. The plate 17 is also provided with a slot 21 in register withthe hole 12', said slot being formed to extend longitudinally of theplate for a sufficient distance to ermit the adjustment of the plate 17w ich may be required.

When initially installed the plates 11 and 17 function the same as ifthey were of integral formation, and they are rigidly held by the screws14, 15 in the position in which they are attached, in which positionthey will, if correctly installed, hold the door tightly closed when thelatch is engaged with the inner side of the flange 20, as shown in Fig.1.

Assuming that, after a period of use, the flange 20 becomes worn by thelatch to an extent equal to the space between adjacent teeth, 18, 19,then the door will be likely to rattle when in closed position.

When this occurs, the screws 14, 15 will be loosened sufliciently topermit the teeth 18 of the plate 11 to be disengaged from the teeth 19of plate 17, so that the latter may be moved inward to an extent equalto the space between adjacent teeth and then the screws may again betightened, so that the teeth will be reengaged and the plate 17 will besecurely held in this position by the plate 11, as shown in Fig. 2. Asthus held the door will be held by the latch in a tightly closedposition, and the teeth will prevent any outward movement of the plate17 relative to the plate 11, which latter will be rigidly held by thefastening screws.

I claim:

1. A. latch striker for doors comprising a main plate having anintermediate latch-en gaging projection, an aperture extending throughthe inner portion thereof and transverse corrugations on the innerportion of the under side of the plate, fasteners fitted to saidapertures for holding said plate in a fixed position, a supplementalplate disposed be neath the inner portion of the main plate and havingcorrugations on its top side arranged for interlocking engagement withthe corrugations of the main plate, and a longitudinal slot in registerwith the innermost of said apertures, permitting inward adjustmentthereof relative to the main plate, and a latch engaging projection onthe inner-end of said supplemental plate extending past the inner end ofthe main plate.

2-. A latch striker for doors comprising a main plate having anintermediate latch engaging projection and fastener-receiving aperturesat the inner and the outer sides of said projection, the inner portionof the under side of said plate being recessed and the bottom of saidrecess having transverse corrugations, a supplemental plate fitted toJOHN H. HARWARD.

